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The Dynamics of the Second Economy in Poland

In: The Second Economy in Marxist States

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  • Maria Łoś

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In the period immediately following the Second World War and the imposition of the Soviet-backed communist government in Poland, only large and medium-scale plants were taken over by the new state (on 3 January 1946), while retail trade, services, crafts, and small-scale industrial industrial firms remained in private hands (Zieliñski, 1974; Åslund, 1984: 429). But the years 1947–8 witnessed an ideological battle over trade between the Communists and more moderate Socialists in which the latter were defeated (Kaliński, 1970). By the end of the 1940s all industries were effectively nationalised and private trade and craftsmanship liquidated. This was achieved by ‘a combination of ruthless, inconsistent laws, withdrawal of licences, prohibitive taxation, unprofitably low fixed prices, lawless persecution, etc.’, all of which was officially labelled as a ‘sharp class struggle’ (Åslund, 1984: 429, 430; also Åslund, 1985a: 25–33; Kaliński, 1970).

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  • Maria Łoś, 1990. "The Dynamics of the Second Economy in Poland," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Maria Łoś (ed.), The Second Economy in Marxist States, chapter 3, pages 27-49, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-20422-9_3
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-20422-9_3
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    1. Bohle, Dorothee, 1996. "Governance im Spätsozialismus: Die Herausbildung hybrider Koordinationsformen und informeller Vernetzungen in Ungarn und Polen in den achtziger Jahren," Discussion Papers, Research Unit: Organization and Employment FS I 96-102, WZB Berlin Social Science Center.

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